 The UtahPolicy.com daily newsletter gets you up to speed on the top local and national news about politics and public policy. Send news tips or feedback to bschott@utahpolicy.com, or message us on Twitter. Situational awareness - January 14, 2020Good Tuesday morning from Salt Lake CityThanks for subscribing to Utah's must-read daily political news rundown.If you know of friends or colleagues who would benefit from our daily news roundup, please encourage them to sign up for our emails.Here are the stories you need to pay attention to this morning:
TICK TOCKDays to the first day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 13 (1/27/2020) Days to the 2020 Iowa Caucuses: 20 (2/3/2020) Days to the New Hampshire primaries: 28 (2/11/2020) Days to the Utah presidential primaries: 49 (3/3/2020) Days to the final day of the 2020 Utah Legislature: 58 (3/12/2020) Days to the 2020 Utah primary elections: 168 (6/30/2020) Days to the 2020 election: 294 (11/3/2020) Today At Utah Policy Ingraham tees off on Romney over impeachment: 'I have no words'By Bryan Schott, Managing Editor Fox News host Laura Ingraham ripped Utah Sen. Mitt Romney on Monday evening over his openness to calling witnesses during the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.  National Republicans are still trying to find a candidate to take on McAdams in NovemberBy Bryan Schott, Managing Editor The Republican field to take on freshman Democrat Ben McAdams in Utah's 4th CD may not yet be set as national Republicans are reportedly scrambling to recruit another candidate following the abrupt exit of State Senator Dan Hemmert, who exited the race in December.  Utah lawmakers, education leaders, at odds over education funding and tax reformBy Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor While encouraging individual teacher/members to be active politically as they see fit, the Utah Education Association -- the main teacher union in the state with 18,000 members -- is not formally in the referendum fight to repeal the recently-passed tax reform package, UEA president Heidi Matthews told UtahPolicy.com on Monday.  Rob Bishop won't run for governor in 2020, endorses Thomas WrightBy Bob Bernick, Contributing Editor Retiring U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, announced Monday that he will not run for governor this year. OTHER UTAH HEADLINESDeseret News
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NATIONAL HEADLINESImpeachmentThe impeachment trial of President Donald Trump will likely begin next Tuesday [Bloomberg]. Republicans in the Senate reportedly do not have enough votes to dismiss the impeachment charges against President Trump at the outset of the trial [CNN]. The White House is bracing for several Republicans to side with Democrats and vote to call witnesses in the impeachment trial which could begin next week [CBS News]. It's debate night!Six Democrats hit the debate stage Tuesday night with less than three weeks to go before the Iowa Caucuses [New York Times]. Hmmm...Russian hackers breached the Ukranian gas company at the center of the scandal that led to President Trump's impeachment. It's unclear what they found, but the efforts began in early November as the scandal involving Trump's efforts to pressure Ukraine into investigating Joe and Hunter Biden [New York Times]. IranPresident Trump abandoned his efforts to craft an after-the-fact justification for a drone strike that killed a top Iranian military commander, tweeting "It doesn't really matter" because of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani's "horrible past" [New York Times]. 2020Cory Booker dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Monday [Bloomberg]. Sen. Elizabeth Warren claims Sen. Bernie Sanders told her in 2018 that a woman could not win the presidency. Sanders is denying he said that [New York Times]. Michael Bloomberg's campaign has surged to more than 1,000 staffers across 33 states [Politico]. Build the wall!President Donald Trump plans to divert an additional $7.2 billion of military funding for the construction of his wall on the southern border, stripping the money from Defense Department construction projects. Trump repeatedly promised during the 2016 campaign that Mexico would pay to build the wall [Washington Post]. ClimateEarth's oceans were the warmest in recorded history in 2019 according to a new analysis [Huffington Post]. You'll grow out of itA Dartmouth College professor studied economic data over 132 countries and concluded unhappiness peaks at the age of 47.2 in the developed world [Bloomberg]. BUSINESS HEADLINES
Policy NewsUtah Valley Chamber announces departure of Andy Pierucci, names Nic Dunn new Director of Public Policy and Business DevelopmentThe Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce announces the departure of Andy Pierucci and the hiring of Nic Dunn as the new Director of Public Policy and Business Development. Pierucci is taking a job with aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman. His last day at the Chamber is January 15th. More National Headlines
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY1639 - Connecticut's first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, was adopted. 1784 - The United States ratified a peace treaty with England ending the Revolutionary War. 1943 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he flies from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill. 1952 - NBC's "Today" premiered. 1963 - George Wallace was inaugurated as the governor of Alabama, promising his followers, "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!" 1993 - David Letterman accepted a multimillion-dollar deal to move his late-night talk show to CBS after his NBC contract expired. Wise WordsAnger "How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it."Marcus Aurelius Lighter SideColbert Being Colbert "He's absolutely right - this is insulting. This is insulting not just to Congress - this is insulting to the American people. Has everyone already forgotten what happens when we don't ask for concrete evidence justifying a military attack against a Middle Eastern country whose name begins with 'Ira'?"- STEPHEN COLBERT Subscribers may receive special messages with information about new features, special offers, or public policy messages from clients and advertisers. |
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